Category Buyer - Ambient Food

My client a Major Food organisation are seeking to recruit an experienced purchasing individual with strong experience in the purchase of Ambient Food - canned goods, confectionery, snacks, beverages, drinks etc. You will take responsibility for a global spend and be involved in building strong relationships with both stakeholders and suppliers

The Role:

• Regular review of supplier performance and strategy, negotiating prices and gaining cost savings
• Identifying potential suppliers, visiting and meeting existing suppliers, building and maintaining relationships with them.
• Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress.
• Forecasting cost trends and their impact on activity. Acting on these trends.
• To engage and utilise key technical experts within the business to ensure product quality, consistency and safety.
• Working on NPD

Work Experience:

• Experience of Buying Ambient or Food goods is essential.
• Experience gained within Food, Food Service, Wholesale or Retail Grocery background preferred
• Experienced negotiator with excellent communication skills
• Understanding of relevant strategic sourcing and demand levers and cross-functional approaches and ability to adapt levers to cope with specific challenges
• Experienced in complex stakeholder management
• Experience of working with suppliers and managing supplier contracts

please contact sheila harris - sheila.harris@1st-executive.com.